Talk:Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Initial article observations

This is a model Deep event and as such deserves deep and thoughtful attention. Thanks to Patrick for starting it but Lockerbie parallels, whilst valid, are a VERY minor part of an extremely complex event and one which clearly has near-unprecedented geo-political ramifications. I have collected a vast amount of data on it and have studied its development to date in more depth than anything else in years. I intend to start collating the data and adding to/editing the article as and when I get the time. In the meantime don't be put off adding to it but please make sure the non-western MSM commentary is given due weight. It is also worth remarking on the near unanimous, absurd rush to judgement and demonisation of Russia by the Western commercially-controlled media and its politicos. Their story was Ready to go and it did so with near unprecedented fury and unanimity - which really ought to tell us something.

Also, the reference I deleted alleged uncertainty about Russia's intentions and that the 'separatists' were accused of impeding site investigation. Those are allegations, fairly typical of the western commercially-controlled media when reporting deep events. Part and parcel of the way in which the developing Official Narrative is moulded. Their point of view and spurious allegations get quite enough attention without Wikispooks giving them more exposure, other than to point out their flagrant bias. --Peter P (talk) 17:45, 24 July 2014 (IST)

Events in Gaza in the past few days seem to have overshadowed MH17. However, some doughty campaigners such as Peter Lavelle of Russia Today are intent on keeping MH17 to the forefront:

On Wednesday 23 July 2014, Russia Today's Peter Lavelle was interviewed by CNN's Chris Cuomo. This is what Peter had to say after the interview: "Some thoughts on the CNN interview: First, I had never heard of Chris Cuomo before. I simply don’t watch CNN. Second, of course I expected this was a setup. CNN despises RT. Why would CNN give a RT host airtime unless they were looking for a slam-dunk interview knocking me out? Third, I also fully expected to encounter a charlatan journalist. Cuomo certainly presented himself as person with emotions (drama queen), but also unable to marshal basic facts. Lastly, it is pity it was so short, I was just getting warmed up."

This is CNN's edited version of the Cuomo/Lavelle interview that was risibly headlined: "Russian TV host blames Ukraine for MH17".--Patrick Haseldine (talk) 21:59, 25 July 2014 (IST)

Missing MH

Wikipedia's article "Malaysia Airlines Flight 17" notes that "MH is the IATA designator and MAS is the ICAO designator. The flight is also marketed as KLM Flight 4103 (KL4103) through a codeshare agreement." However, the flight is almost universally described in the media as "Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17", also in the text of UNSCR 2166 (2014). When importing from WP, I don't think we should slavishly follow their titling (cf. BRICS Development Bank/New Development Bank).--Patrick Haseldine (talk) 14:57, 25 July 2014 (IST)